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dense
(dĕns)adj. dens·er, dens·est
1.
a. Having relatively high density.
b. Crowded closely together; compact: a dense population.
2. Hard to penetrate; thick: a dense jungle.
3.
a. Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter: dense glass; a dense fog.
b. Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
4. Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity: a dense novel.
5. Slow to apprehend; thickheaded.
[Middle English, from Latin dēnsus.]
dense′ly adv.
dense′ness n.
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dense
(dɛns)adj
1. thickly crowded or closely set: a dense crowd.
2. thick; impenetrable: a dense fog.
3. (General Physics) physics having a high density
4. stupid; dull; obtuse
5. (Photography) (of a photographic negative) having many dark or exposed areas
6. (General Physics) (of an optical glass, colour, etc) transmitting little or no light
[C15: from Latin densus thick; related to Greek dasus thickly covered with hair or leaves]
ˈdensely adv
ˈdenseness n
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dense
(dɛns)adj. dens•er, dens•est.
1. having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest.
2. stupid; slow-witted; dull.
3. intense; extreme.
4. relatively opaque; transmitting little light, as a photographic negative, optical glass, or color.
5. difficult to understand because of being closely packed with ideas or complexities of style.
[1590–1600; < Latin dēnsus thick; akin to Greek dasýs]
dense′ly, adv.
dense′ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | dense - permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog" |
| 2. | dense - hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense vegetation"; "thick woods" impenetrable - not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests" | |
| 3. | dense - having high relative density or specific gravity; "dense as lead" heavy - of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogany furniture" | |
| 4. | dense - slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
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dense
adjective
1. thick, close, heavy, solid, substantial, compact, compressed, condensed, impenetrable, close-knit, thickset a large, dense forest
thick light, thin, scattered, transparent, sparse
thick light, thin, scattered, transparent, sparse
2. heavy, thick, substantial, opaque, impenetrable, smoggy a dense column of smoke
3. obscure, deep, complex, profound, abstract, enigmatic, esoteric, incomprehensible, arcane, unfathomable, abstruse His prose is wordy and dense.
4. stupid (Informal) slow, thick, dull, dumb (informal), crass, dozy (Brit. informal), dozy (Brit. informal), stolid, dopey (informal), moronic, obtuse, brainless, blockheaded, braindead (informal), dumb-ass (informal), dead from the neck up (informal), thickheaded, blockish, dim-witted (informal), slow-witted, thick-witted He's not a bad man, just a bit dense.
stupid quick, bright, alert, clever, intelligent
stupid quick, bright, alert, clever, intelligent
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dense
adjective3. Lacking in intelligence:
Informal: thick.
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Translations
بَليد، غَليظ الدِّماغكَثيفكَثِيف
hustýnechápavýhloupý
tættyktykhovedetdumkompakt
tiheätiivishämäräpimeäsankka
gust
òéttur, samòjappaîurtregur, òunnur
密集した
밀집한
tankiaitankistankustirštas
aprobežotsbiezsblīvsstulbs
gost
tät
หนาแน่น
đậm đặc
dense
[dens] ADJ (denser (compar) (densest (superl)))2. [Phys] [liquid, substance] → denso
3. [person] → corto de entendederas, duro de mollera
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dense
[ˈdɛns] adjCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dense
adj (+er)
(inf) person (= of low intellect) → beschränkt (inf); (= slow) → begriffsstutzig (inf), → schwer von Begriff (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dense
[dɛns] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (fog) → denso/a, fitto/a; (forest, crowd) → fitto/a; (fur) → folto/a (fam) (person, stupid) → tonto/a, ottuso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dense
(dens) adjective1. thick and close. We made our way through dense forest; The fog was so dense that we could not see anything.
2. very stupid. He's so dense I have to tell him everything twice.
ˈdensely adverb very closely together. The crowd was densely packed.
ˈdensity noun1. the number of items, people etc found in a given area compared with other areas especially if large. the density of the population.
2. the quantity of matter in each unit of volume. the density of a gas.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dense
→ كَثِيف hustý tæt dicht gedrängt πυκνός denso, espeso tiheä dense gust denso 密集した 밀집한 compact ugjennomtrengelig gęsty denso густой tät หนาแน่น sık đậm đặc 稠密的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dense
a. denso-a, espeso-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
dense
adj densoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.